GUEST COLUMN: Mr. President: US lacks security interest in Syria

11:40 PM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Written by

Kevin Fisher

Millions of citizens from around the world were shocked and dismayed about hearing that Syrian governmental forces had allegedly used chemical weapons on its local population following a period of civil unrest near Damascus, Syria.

It is estimated that as many as 1,400 innocent civilians may have lost their lives. Rebel forces claim the government used the gas against its innocent citizens, while Syrian President Bashir Assad has alleged that rebels themselves unleashed the gas known as Sarin, to draw worldwide attention and sympathy to their civil war which has gone ...